Incidents

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Naval

EU extends Mediterranean naval mission to 2029 with focus on Russian "shadow fleet"

Alan Bosworth
Wine Trader
Search and Rescue

Search back on for missing after drone strikes tanker off Romania

Reuters
US forces boarding the Iran-linked tanker Tifani
Crime & Piracy

FEATURE | How Iran is slipping gas and jet fuel past the US naval blockade

Reuters
National Iranian Tanker Company tanker
Tankers

US "shadow fleet" sanctions relief unlikely to solve tanker shortage, but freight futures still fall

Reuters
Driade
Accidents

Ferry refloated after grounding in Procida, Italy

Gareth Havelock
A container vessel believed to be the Singapore-registered GFS Pride on fire after she struck a mine in the Strait of Hormuz, October 14, 2026. The ship later sank though her entire crew were all safely rescued.
Shipping

COLUMN | Cold War memories: why the world was actually much safer for seafarers back then [Grey Power]

Michael Grey
Suspected pirates await boarding of their vessel by US Navy personnel somewhere in the Gulf of Guinea.
Crime & Piracy

IMB records 51 piracy incidents in nine months as Somali hijackings raise crew toll

Will Xavier
Wine Trader
Incidents

Seven sailors missing after tanker erupts in flames off Romania

Reuters
A suspected Russian "shadow fleet" tanker following its apprehension in Indonesian waters, July 2023
Crime & Piracy

UK finance chief wants allies to squeeze Russia's "shadow fleet" harder

Reuters
The French Navy intercepts and boards a Russian shadow fleet tanker, the Deyna, March 2026
Tankers

Record tanker rates could see US roll back sanctions on "shadow fleet"

Reuters
Tugs and other vessels at an unidentified port
Accidents

COLUMN | Tugs feature prominently in UK marine accident reports [Tug Times]

Alan Loynd
Strait of Hormuz
Acts of War

Two ships sink near Strait of Hormuz as waterway attacks surge

Reuters
Dates and locations of Nord Stream leaks
Crime & Piracy

Nord Stream trial drama: Defence insists Russian pipeline was "lawful target"

Reuters
A port on the Ganges River in Bihar State
Accidents

13 children dead after river boat capsizes in India's Bihar State

Jens Karsten
The suspect boat following its seizure
Crime & Piracy

One suspect dead following high seas drug interdiction off Portugal

Will Xavier
Molly Pitcher in 2017
Accidents

Commuter asks US Coast Guard to probe NY Waterway ferry that hit pier and sailed on

Jens Karsten
Kharg Island crude oil shipping facility, Iran
Tankers

US blockade successfully locks down Iranian crude exports at zero

Reuters
Illegal immigrants on boats are rescued by EUNAVFOR MED personnel as part of Operation Sophia, November 3, 2017. On that date, a total of 263 illegal immigrants on boats were rescued within Operation Sophia's area of responsibility in the Central Mediterranean.
Crime & Piracy

EU puts up $29m to curb illegal migration in eastern Libya

Reuters
Black Sea
Incidents

Second cargo ship sinks off Bulgaria in a week after drone strike, 11 missing

Reuters
Screenshot of video footage alleged to be that of the final voyage of the ferry Mbuya Nehanda on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe on August 11, 2026. The ferry capsized later that same day, leaving at least 92 people dead as of August 17, 2026.
Accidents

Board of inquiry launches probe into fatal lake ferry capsizing in Zimbabwe

Gareth Havelock
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